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Attorney General Barr he appears to have shown an unsettling willingness to undermine his own department in order to protect president trump the release of a redacted Muller report Thursday preceded by Attorney General William Barr as press conference in which he defended president trump had Democrats blasting bars credibility calling for the special counsel to testify before Congress and demanding that Americans see the entire report house Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler among those who accused bar of spending the report in trump's favor bars words and actions suggest the is being disingenuous and misleading in saying the president is clear of wrongdoing earlier in the day bar we stated his belief that trump did not obstruct justice something Miller himself could not say with certainty after his probe bar also appeared sympathetic to the president's state of mind president trump faced an unprecedented situation there is substantial evidence to show that the president was frustrated and angered by his sincere belief that the investigation was undermining his presidency , propelled by his political opponents and fueled by illegal leaks bar is set to testify before Congress in the coming weeks Nadler on Thursday also called for Muller to testify no later than may twenty third trump himself on Thursday took a pot shot at his quote haters and the radical left Democrats by tweeting a game of thrones like image saying quote no collusion no obstruction game over later injecting the phrase during an unrelated White House event I'm having a good day to who was called , no collusion no obstruction , Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell also punch back a dams by defending bar deputy Attorney General rob Rosenstein and Miller himself whose report clear trump of collusion with Russia during the twenty sixteen campaign I can't imagine anyone of the three hour would jeopardize their own reputation , and think about not being able to sleep at night , by not handling this extremely controversial and complex investigation in a straight up way but the Democrats are pressing on with Nadler saying he will subpoena a non redacted copy of Muller's report even in its incomplete form however the mother report outlines disturbing evidence , the president trump engage in obstruction of justice and other misconduct despite those claims Democrats seem unlikely at this point to try to impeach the president house Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told CNN Thursday impeachment was quote not worth while